mitt romney and marshall tucker. that will be quite a scene to say the least. well, what is the word on the final pre-election polls? i would imagine it's still very tight, right? >> reporter: it's a dead heat when you talk about the popular vote those national polls. it's really too tight to even see. but if you are looking at the state by state electoral vote race there is a slim chance that the president's coming out ahead there in the states that will most likely decide the election. >> well, and they are going to be working big time today. any indication the aftermath of sandy will have an effect on people just voting period and on the election itself? >> yeah. it will have an effect on voter turnout. as far as the campaigning, it really gave an advantage to the president because it sort of stopped all the campaigning in its tracks and put the president on the national stage where he was able to be very presidential and show bipartisanship, you saw him there with chris christie. then while fewer people might get to the polls there's no discernible trace of